Pou 2-1 (9-99) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 3, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call John Lange (202) 720-0585 or Mike Barker (202)720-3243, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 2 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during July (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.93 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in July 1998. Updated totals for June 1999 show that 3.10 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during July 1999 was 3.96 billion pounds, up 2 percent from a year ago. Inspections included 3.31 billion pounds of young chickens, up 3 percent; 77.8 million pounds of mature chickens, up 2 percent; 557 million pounds of turkeys, down 5 percent; and 12.0 million pounds of ducks, down 8 percent from July 1998. Young chickens slaughtered during July 1999 averaged 4.89 pounds per bird, up 4 percent from July 1998. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.21 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during July 1999 averaged 25.2 pounds per bird, up 5 percent from July 1998. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 1999 totaled 24.4 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.62 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.59 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 63.9 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.79 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.91 percent a year earlier. July 1999 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays. July 1998 had 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1999 : 702,650 15,314 717,965 1,960 ----- Jul 1998 : 686,198 14,950 701,148 2,009 ----- Jul 1999 : 677,791 14,921 692,712 1,852 ----- : Jan-Jul 1998 : 4,580,581 101,555 4,682,135 13,436 ----- Jan-Jul 1999 : 4,727,052 106,073 4,833,125 13,306 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1999 : 3,510,779 80,788 3,591,567 12,828 1,113 Jul 1998 : 3,211,453 76,438 3,287,891 12,978 1,074 Jul 1999 : 3,311,350 77,804 3,389,154 11,968 1,056 : Jan-Jul 1998 : 22,106,062 515,351 22,621,413 88,793 7,422 Jan-Jul 1999 : 23,607,638 542,040 24,149,678 88,055 6,323 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1999 : 5.00 5.28 5.00 6.54 ----- Jul 1998 : 4.68 5.11 4.69 6.46 ----- Jul 1999 : 4.89 5.21 4.89 6.46 ----- : Jan-Jul 1998 : 4.83 5.07 4.83 6.61 ----- Jan-Jul 1999 : 4.99 5.11 5.00 6.62 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1999 : 28 22,169 154 22,351 ----- Jul 1998 : --- 24,174 168 24,342 ----- Jul 1999 : --- 21,927 175 22,101 ----- : Jan-Jul 1998 : --- 155,280 1,077 156,357 ----- Jan-Jul 1999 : 56 146,788 988 147,832 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1999 : 255 571,801 4,110 576,166 4,181,674 Jul 1998 : --- 579,867 4,251 584,119 3,886,062 Jul 1999 : --- 552,183 4,544 556,727 3,958,905 : Jan-Jul 1998 : --- 3,871,518 28,372 3,899,890 26,617,519 Jan-Jul 1999 : 491 3,755,463 26,345 3,782,299 28,026,355 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1999 : 8.97 25.79 26.69 25.78 ----- Jul 1998 : --- 23.99 25.24 24.00 ----- Jul 1999 : --- 25.18 26.01 25.19 ----- : Jan-Jul 1998 : 7.60 24.93 26.35 24.94 ----- Jan-Jul 1999 : 8.85 25.58 26.65 25.59 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Of the Mature Chickens inspected, the number reported in thousands as heavy fowl (broiler breeding stock) was: July 1998: 5,655, July 1999: 6,059. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: July 1998: 211, July 1999: 95. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1999 : Chilled : 2,359,613 44,678 2,404,290 3,338 379 Frozen : 225,985 3,635 229,620 5,771 264 : Total : 2,585,597 48,313 2,633,910 9,109 642 : Jul 1998 : Chilled : 2,154,622 41,666 2,196,288 3,012 379 Frozen : 199,466 3,989 203,456 6,315 243 : Total : 2,354,089 45,655 2,399,744 9,327 622 : Jul 1999 : Chilled : 2,221,697 43,410 2,265,107 3,151 340 Frozen : 215,187 3,334 218,521 5,237 260 : Total : 2,436,884 46,745 2,483,629 8,387 600 : : Jan-Jul 1998 : Chilled : 14,752,112 284,420 15,036,532 21,823 2,709 Frozen : 1,438,119 25,888 1,464,007 41,651 1,437 : Total : 16,190,231 310,309 16,500,539 63,474 4,146 : Jan-Jul 1999 : Chilled : 15,811,665 302,210 16,113,875 23,860 2,248 Frozen : 1,509,217 23,811 1,533,028 37,931 1,379 : Total : 17,320,882 326,022 17,646,903 61,790 3,627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1999 : Chilled : 14 203,835 1,809 205,658 2,613,664 Frozen : 167 247,366 1,230 248,764 484,419 : Total : 182 451,201 3,039 454,422 3,098,083 : Jul 1998 : Chilled : --- 205,084 2,596 207,680 2,407,360 Frozen : --- 250,950 687 251,636 461,649 : Total : --- 456,034 3,283 459,316 2,869,009 : Jul 1999 : Chilled : --- 182,271 2,036 184,307 2,452,904 Frozen : --- 251,958 1,390 253,348 477,366 : Total : --- 434,229 3,426 437,655 2,930,271 : : Jan-Jul 1998 : Chilled : --- 1,441,856 15,132 1,456,989 16,518,052 Frozen : --- 1,607,533 6,317 1,613,850 3,120,945 : Total : --- 3,049,389 21,449 3,070,839 19,638,997 : Jan-Jul 1999 : Chilled : 35 1,345,465 13,499 1,358,999 17,498,982 Frozen : 313 1,612,902 6,222 1,619,437 3,191,775 : Total : 348 2,958,367 19,721 2,978,436 20,690,757 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1999 : 15,323 1,960 17,283 20 10 Jul 1998 : 18,553 2,028 20,582 19 3 Jul 1999 : 19,310 2,651 21,961 17 4 : Jan-Jul 1998 : 94,628 9,512 104,140 94 31 Jan-Jul 1999 : 103,555 10,475 114,030 118 38 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1998 : 0.58 2.65 0.63 0.15 0.27 Jul 1999 : 0.58 3.41 0.65 0.15 0.39 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1999 : 49,084 5,052 54,135 266 9 Jul 1998 : 50,838 4,469 55,306 245 12 Jul 1999 : 47,441 4,755 52,196 249 9 : Jan-Jul 1998 : 352,335 29,815 382,149 1,833 72 Jan-Jul 1999 : 360,059 33,632 393,690 2,027 50 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1998 : 1.76 6.50 1.87 2.10 1.22 Jul 1999 : 1.59 6.79 1.71 2.31 0.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1999 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1999 : --- 1,989 59 2,049 19,362 Jul 1998 : --- 2,124 38 2,162 22,766 Jul 1999 : --- 2,362 74 2,436 24,418 : Jan-Jul 1998 : --- 11,248 228 11,476 115,741 Jan-Jul 1999 : 1 11,162 295 11,459 125,645 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1998 : --- 0.37 0.89 0.37 0.59 Jul 1999 : --- 0.43 1.63 0.44 0.62 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1999 : 3 10,919 320 11,242 65,652 Jul 1998 : --- 11,031 221 11,252 66,815 Jul 1999 : --- 11,176 283 11,458 63,912 : Jan-Jul 1998 : --- 76,737 1,910 78,647 462,702 Jan-Jul 1999 : 5 74,793 1,912 76,709 472,476 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1998 : --- 2.11 5.77 2.14 1.91 Jul 1999 : --- 2.25 6.91 2.29 1.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds (live weight) inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 73,999 79,503 355,530 401,482 4.80 5.05 AR : 100,487 99,059 453,424 473,183 4.51 4.78 DE : 23,809 22,146 128,198 123,217 5.38 5.56 FL : 11,228 10,261 53,500 53,201 4.76 5.18 GA : 100,692 97,345 477,264 477,522 4.74 4.91 LA : 15,073 14,708 66,014 61,948 4.38 4.21 MD : 18,216 17,058 85,232 78,648 4.68 4.61 MS : 60,225 57,020 277,401 285,018 4.61 5.00 MO : 31,668 28,851 133,330 129,923 4.21 4.50 NC : 54,112 50,812 283,380 281,967 5.24 5.55 PA : 9,735 9,003 48,964 45,289 5.03 5.03 SC : 19,290 19,877 87,504 93,240 4.54 4.69 TN : 16,644 17,939 77,395 83,625 4.65 4.66 TX : 42,955 46,225 180,775 215,091 4.21 4.65 VA : 32,213 30,244 149,643 142,482 4.65 4.71 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 686,198 677,791 3,211,453 3,311,350 4.68 4.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 261,772 296,115 7,437 8,113 2.32 2.25 AR : 326,277 345,299 6,418 6,091 1.57 1.43 DE : 92,961 88,770 2,353 2,431 2.04 2.19 FL : 38,873 37,251 1,095 1,048 2.27 2.19 GA : 356,657 349,782 6,965 6,687 1.62 1.56 LA : 46,042 43,598 1,514 1,616 2.55 2.90 MD : 61,038 55,665 1,110 1,194 1.45 1.69 MS : 210,351 220,305 3,782 2,746 1.51 1.07 MO : 97,519 95,460 1,573 1,423 1.31 1.22 NC : 212,122 211,724 4,779 4,211 1.87 1.66 PA : 33,970 32,101 1,509 1,087 3.43 2.67 SC : 64,136 68,731 1,565 1,426 1.99 1.70 TN : 56,959 60,017 908 740 1.30 0.98 TX : 137,645 163,932 2,115 2,464 1.30 1.27 VA : 103,040 98,931 1,880 1,369 1.40 1.07 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,354,089 2,436,884 50,838 47,441 1.76 1.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, July 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 2,234 223,884 361,300 3,156 12,018 AR : --- 2,942 336,403 116,736 25,674 5,084 DE : --- 5,010 131,052 52,324 211 --- FL : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- 5,123 155,118 249,971 1,318 8,614 LA : --- 265 60,073 57,395 843 1,216 MD : --- 5,199 103,764 26,743 97 6,852 MS : --- 1,323 117,928 41,466 1,240 2,459 MO : --- 2,080 75,802 26,803 2,743 1,816 NC : --- --- 153,079 64,233 --- 45,356 PA : --- 1,588 35,304 18,047 208 --- SC : --- 1,159 39,182 61,756 --- --- TN : --- 471 48,938 19,083 871 --- TX : --- --- 132,934 47,345 1,261 2,265 VA : --- --- 81,989 25,368 132 --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 66,645 2,034,432 1,240,125 49,569 135,076 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 13,463 44,160 81,862 15,210 255,086 1,012,373 AR : 15,541 39,095 65,238 7,850 118,149 732,712 DE : 3,803 17,699 18,207 17,709 46,378 292,393 FL : 2,845 --- 9,283 541 --- 12,669 GA : 13,985 43,504 79,648 13,674 291,616 862,571 LA : 2,311 15,156 10,809 869 --- 148,937 MD : 1,924 17,255 --- 3,992 22,825 188,651 MS : 5,763 27,787 23,611 1,728 87,373 310,678 MO : 2,346 14,696 19,546 --- 41,584 187,416 NC : 8,915 38,494 41,653 7,526 111,757 471,013 PA : 2,888 5,249 --- 568 30,803 94,655 SC : 4,711 16,637 --- --- --- 123,445 TN : 2,186 8,035 --- 2,064 24,507 106,155 TX : 2,509 19,459 18,499 2,550 13,133 239,955 VA : 2,657 12,558 7,752 6,595 41,356 178,407 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 94,069 358,533 521,712 96,225 1,349,092 5,945,478 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 14,950 14,921 76,438 77,804 5.11 5.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 45,655 46,745 4,469 4,755 6.50 6.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, July 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 10,811 294,290 19,577 1,862 131,796 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- 50 509 --- --- 559 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 27,291 75,283 205,142 1,367 67,066 834,485 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,264 2,055 39,041 36,919 17.25 17.97 CA : 1,503 1,668 34,225 39,659 22.77 23.78 IA : 1,328 1,471 35,751 43,274 26.92 29.43 MN : 4,060 3,733 91,872 89,651 22.63 24.01 MO : 2,053 1,902 54,507 54,324 26.56 28.57 NC : 3,587 2,588 88,862 61,932 24.77 23.93 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,157 2,940 62,601 65,155 19.83 22.16 : US : 24,174 21,927 579,867 552,183 23.99 25.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 1998-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 31,978 29,847 708 697 2.01 2.10 CA : 28,077 31,784 517 538 1.68 1.51 IA : 28,036 33,612 807 1,081 2.51 2.78 MN : 71,983 71,282 2,169 2,386 2.62 2.96 MO : 42,026 42,606 1,041 1,192 2.12 2.44 NC : 70,584 48,144 1,483 1,166 1.85 2.09 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 48,429 50,803 782 981 1.39 1.67 : US : 456,034 434,229 11,031 11,176 2.11 2.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, July 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 4,615 345 --- --- CA : --- --- 7,280 --- --- --- IA : --- --- 6,269 2,868 --- --- MN : --- 54 17,086 3,328 1,364 22 MO : --- --- 17,218 --- --- --- NC : --- --- --- --- --- --- PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- 3,283 --- --- --- : US : --- 193 82,883 14,084 6,325 121 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- 667 --- --- 1,330 6,957 CA : 17 --- 167 --- --- 7,464 IA : --- 300 --- --- --- 9,437 MN : 218 1,250 969 --- 2,014 26,305 MO : 55 --- 769 --- 1,732 19,774 NC : 153 --- 2,553 --- 887 3,593 PA : 87 --- --- --- --- 87 VA : 24 --- --- --- 1,328 4,635 : US : 846 10,013 8,701 3,409 12,463 139,038 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, July 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- 317 3,300 804 --- 92 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- 183 250 11 779 5,736 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for commercial poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection Form (FSIS 6000-21) completed by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA. This form provides actual counts of birds slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The FSIS 6000-21 forms collect number of head slaughtered daily under FI by species and class as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights. Approximately 350 plants in the U.S. are operated under Federal Inspection. Annual totals of poultry slaughtered under State-administered Non-Federal Inspection (NFI) are published in the April release. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late reports received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent of the preliminary totals. Revisions for the previous month and year-to-date totals are published in each monthly release. Final data are published in the annual summary released in April and reflect any late reports or corrections which occurred after the monthly revision were published. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit forms (FSIS 6000-21) weekly summarizing the plant's activity. When inconsistencies in the data are detected, the reports are returned to the inspectors for correction. Inspectors correct or validate the report and resubmit it. The reports cover weekly activities through Saturday night and reported data are allocated to the appropriate month as it enters the database. A NASS computer program provides a review of current data with historical data for each plant. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. The program also generates a missing reports listing for a telephone follow-up. Data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. Major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are accounted for each week. Estimates for missing weeks are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on either the previous week's information or a week determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there will continue to be a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it is expected to have only a minimal impact on the final totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Generally, no State data are published if less than three plants operate for a species in a State, or if one plant has 60 percent or more of the total head for that species. These data are included in the U.S. totals. Definitions Used To Report Federally Inspected Slaughter Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Ducks - Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. New York Dressed Weight - Carcass weight after only feathers and blood are removed. This weight is approximately 90% of live weight. Old Turkeys (Breeders) - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry - Includes all other ready-to-cook products which bear the U.S.D.A. Inspected for Wholesomeness legend. Post-Mortem Condemnations - Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Young Chickens - Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. Young Turkeys (Mature) - Young birds grown to a matured market age, about 5 months. Index Page Definitions.............................................................. 17 Mature Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, U.S., July 1998-1999.................................................... 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 11 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, U.S., July 1998-1999.................................................... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., July 1998-1999.................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., July 1998......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., July 1998................................................ 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., July 1998.................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1998-1999................................ 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 4, 1999. 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